Property Manager - Brighton, United Kingdom - Clearline Recruitmentment Ltd

Clearline Recruitmentment Ltd

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Brighton, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Title:
Property Manager

Location:
Portsmouth

Salary:
£30,000 initial

Full Time

Our client is a leading Property Services company, based in Portsmouth, who are looking to hire a Property Manager to join their team.

Responsibilities

To provide an efficient and effective service to landlords and long leaseholders, including contractual and financial management.
To develop and maintain a culture of good public relations and customer care.
To attend monthly department meetings and weekly Property Manager meetings and to present progress reports to the Head of Department on a fortnightly basis.
To prepare and issue service charge budgets to quarterly deadlines.
To review draft annual service accounts prior to issue to external accountants, to sign and issue finalised accounts to clients and leaseholders.
To carry out routine (normally six monthly) and emergency inspections of properties and prepare inspection reports for internal action and reference.
To ensure compliance requirements in respect to health and safety including fire risk are assessed as required appointing accredited professional where appropriate and to ensure actions are completed against assessed and required deadlines
To diagnose basic defects and put forward suitable remedies for repairs and to engage Surveyors/Structural Engineers to complete diagnostic investigations where appropriate.
To prepare basic longterm maintenance plans and to engage Surveyors to prepare more complex longterm capital expenditure plans.
To assist Administrators in handling enquiries from lessees relating to repairs, general service charge queries and all aspects of property management.
To produce specifications for cyclical maintenance (e.g. Internal redecorations) and contract/term maintenance agreements (e.g. cleaning, gardening, lifts, entry phone systems), to draw up tender documents, review tenders and appoint contractors.
To administer S20 consultations in respect of qualifying major works.
To liaise with Major Works Coordinator, Building Surveyor or other external Building Surveying resources in respect of Section 20 projects.
To draft and issue licences for alterations in consultation and at instruction of clients
To actively promote referrals & crossselling of services.
To be motivated to generate income from services provided within the role and department and to promote and assist where possible in the acquisition of new business.
To liaise with the accounts department in respect of financial matters
To liaise with the insurance department in respect of insurance matters.
To attend meetings of lessees, AGMs and Resident Association meetings.
To act as line manager for the appointment and management of onsite scheme managers and caretakers, both day and residential appointment
To provide management information for precontract enquiries to the management/legal enquiries administrator.

Requirements:

Good level of experience and understanding of managing residential and mixeduse property and estate management.
Committed to providing a high standard of customer care.
Be a team player.
A sound knowledge of various building construction forms and techniques for their repair and maintenance.
An appreciation of the legislation framework pertaining to long leasehold residential and mixeduse management, both current and past, but most particularly an understanding of The Landlord and Tenant Acts 1985 & 1987 & The Commonhold and Leasehold ReformAct 2002 (CALRA).
Good public relation and communication skills, orally and written, good telephone manner.
Ability to communicate effectively with people at all levels, e.g., freeholders, lessees, contractors, etc.
IRPM qualified or part qualified or prepared to take the IRPM examinations.

For more information, please contact Chris Gower at Clearline Recruitment.